Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XII, American Republics

61. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Brubeck) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)⁰

Washington, March 25, 1963.

SUBJECT

• Implementation of Agreements Reached at San Jose

In response to the President’s written inquiry of March 22¹ to Assist-ant Secretary Martin, there is enclosed an initial report on measures being taken to implement agreements reached at San Jose.

D. Rowe²

Enclosure

Memorandum Prepared in the Department of State

SUBJECT

• Implementation of Agreements Reached at San Jose

A. Security Measures Against Subversion in the Isthmian Countries:

1. We have notified Nicaragua we will be represented at a meeting of Ministers of Interior at Managua on April 3.

2. We circulated to our Embassies in the Central American Isthmus on March 23 a telegram outlining the range of measures we might wish to take up at Managua on April 3, and requested comments and suggestions from the field.³

3. Major General Krulak has been assigned responsibility for substantive preparations for the Managua meeting. He is preparing for the consideration of the Department an outline of our objectives for the conference, suggested agenda, and delegation membership, all of which will be cleared with Mr. Ralph Dungan.

The head of our delegation has not yet been named; Deputy Attorney General Katzenbach or Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Cottrell are under consideration.⁴

B. Alliance for Progress:

1. Managua Conference

a. Mr. Moscoso will lead a delegation of State and AID officials from Washington and US AID Directors in the Isthmian countries to a conference with Isthmian Ministers of Economy, Finance, Public Works, etc., at Managua April 4-6.

b. State/AID circulated to our Embassies in the Isthmus on March 23 a suggested agenda for the meeting, and solicited comments and suggestions.

c. The proposed agenda is designed to give maximum acceleration to formulation and execution of development projects in the Isthmus, both regional and national, and will be the major follow-up operation.

d. After the Managua conference an AID/W team will visit each capital to complete action on loan projects and applications which may not have been concluded at Managua.

2. Other

a. AID on March 21 obligated $75,000 to the Disabled Persons Institute at Tegucigalpa. President Villeda Morales received notification on arrival at Tegucigalpa airport from San Jose.

b. AID is prepared to grant $130,000 in support of the Children’s Hospital in San Jose as soon as the Ambassador notifies us as to the appropriate timing.

c. We are examining the record of the bilateral talks at San Jose to identify other commitments made so that we may follow up on them without delay.

0. Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110, CF 2233. Confidential.
1. Not found.
2. Rowe signed for Brubeck above Brubeck’s typed signature.
3. Reference is to Department of State Circular 1641; Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 NIC/FM.
4. The Meeting of the Ministers of Government, Interior, and Security of Central America and the United States met in Managua, Nicaragua, April 3-4. The U.S. delegation was led by Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. The Final Act of the meeting is printed in American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1963, pp. 239-242.